Eight books about dark desires that will crush you

Heather Levy is a born and bred Oklahoman and graduate of Oklahoma City University's Red Earth MFA program for creative writing. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, including NAILED Magazine, Crab Fat Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, and Dragon Poet Review.

She authored a nonfiction series on human sexuality, including “Welcome to the Dungeon: BDSM in the Bible Belt,” for Literati Press.

Levy's debut novel is Walking Through Needles.

[My Book, The Movie: Walking Through Needles; The Page 69 Test: Walking Through Needles.]

At CrimeReads she tagged eight books "on those darkest guilty pleasures we love to devour," including:

The End of Everything by Megan Abbott

In Abbott’s first venture into the fierce world of teen girls, she perfectly captures the trapped feelings of 13-year-old Lizzie Hood as she pursues the truth of her best friend’s disappearance. Steeped in voyeurism, fear, longing, and disillusion, Abbott allows us to relive those turbulent teen years as Lizzie realizes the desire to look in places you’re not supposed to can lead to even darker revelations about the people you idolize.

Read about the other entries on the list.

The End of Everything is among Lisa Levy's eight most toxic friendships in crime fiction and Hallie Ephron's top ten mysteries that harness unreliable narrators.

The Page 69 Test: The End of Everything.

--Marshal Zeringue